Automatic Supervision in Manufacturing

1. Principles of Automatic Supervision in Manufacturing and Classification of Supervisory Systems.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Quality of Products and Quality of Production.- 1.3 Disturbances, Adaptation and Supervision.- 1.4 Classification of Disturbances and Supervisory Functions.- 1.5 Monitoring, Diagnosing, Supervising.- 1.6 Automatic Supervisory Systems.- 1.7 Monitoring and Measurements.- 1.8 Supervisory Actions and Control Strategy.- References.- 2. Automatic Supervision in Turning and Boring.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Control of the Machining Process.- 2.3 Future Needs and Developments.- Further Reading.- 3. Automatic Supervision in Milling.- 3.1 Introduction: Basic Formulations.- 3.2 General Discussion.- 3.3 Description of Individual Systems.- References.- 4. Automatic Supervision of Surface Grinding.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Quality Parameters and Closed-loop Quality Control of Precision Machining.- 4.3 High-accuracy Closed-loop Position Control for the Feed Axis of a CNC Surface-grinding Machine.- 4.4 In-process Testing of Workpiece Geometry.- 4.5 In-process Eddy Current Crack Testing.- 4.6 Diagnosis of Working Ability.- 4.7 Outlook: Manufacturing with Closed-loop Quality Control.- 4.8 Summary.- Further Reading.- 5. Automatic Supervision in Physical and Chemical Machining.- 5.1 Physical and Chemical Machining Processes.- 5.2 Needs for Automatic Control in P&C Machining.- 5.3 Control Loops in P&C Machining.- 5.4 Adaptive Control in P&C Machining.- 5.5 Conclusion.- References.- 6. Automatic Supervision in Metal-forming.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Influence of Press Type on Supervisory Action.- 6.3 Working Cycle Supervision.- 6.4 Case Study: Backward Extrusion.- References.- 7. Assembly Process Supervision within Flexible Automatic Assembly Systems.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2Background Work.- 7.3 General Description of the Error Types.- 7.4 The Process.- 7.5 Error Detection and Analysis.- 7.6 Error Recovery.- References.- Further Reading.- 8. Automatic